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"Ain't Nobody's Business" 1922 Anna Meyer and the Original Memphis Five
Sara Martin, Bessie Smith, Alberta Hunter, Jimmy Witherspoon, Dinah
Washington, Lowell Fulson, B.B. King, Freddie King, Bobby Blue Bland,
Sam Cooke, James Cotton, Johnny Copeland, James Booker, Long John Baldry,
Otis Spann, Eric Clapton, Billie Holiday
Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Pink Anderson, Long
John Baldry, Big Walter Horton, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Carey Bell,
Doctor Ross, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, AC/DC, Taste, Budgie,
Aerosmith, Them, Budgie (band), John Lee Hooker, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Baby
What You Want Me to Do" B (sometimes called "You Got Me Running" or "You
Got Me Runnin'")
Original 1959 by Jimmy Reed
Otis Rush, Pinetop Perkins, Etta James, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells,
Detroit Junior, Johnnie Johnson, Little Sonny, Lucky Peterson, Billy
Branch, Hot Tuna, Wishbone Ash, John Cale,
"Big
Boss Man" B,R written by Luther Dixon and Al Smith in 1960 and first recorded
by Jimmy Reed
Mance Lipscomb, B.B. King, Elvis Presley, Jimmy Rogers, Koko Taylor,
Slim Harpo, Kenny Neal, Mack Thompson, Big Jack Johnson and Kim Wilson,
Willie Cobbs, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Blues
with a Feeling" first released by Rabon Tarrant with Jack McVea and His All Stars
in 1947
Little Walter, Paul Butterfield, Big Walter Horton, George "Harmonica"
Smith, Luther Allison, Carey Bell and Lurrie Bell, Little Sonny, Willie
"Big Eyes" Smith, Anson Funderburgh, Jimmy Dawkins, Taj Mahal
"Born
Under a Bad Sign" B,R a blues album by Albert King released in 1967
William Bell, Koko Taylor and Buddy Guy, Melvin Taylor, Etta James,
Paul Butterfield, Jimmy Johnson, Chris Thomas King, Jimi Hendrix, Cream,
Booker T and the MGs, Pappo
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"Caldonia" B,G first recorded in 1945 by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Champion Jack Dupree, B.B. King,
Pinetop Perkins, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, James Brown, Albert Collins,
Hollywood Fats, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Ike Turner
"Catfish
Blues" aka "Rollin' Stone" G "Rollin' Stone" is a blues song recorded by Muddy Waters
in 1950. It is his interpretation of "Catfish Blues", a traditional
blues that dates back to 1920s Mississippi.
Jimi Hendrix, Robert Petway,Tommy McClennan, B.B. King, Skip James,
John Littlejohn, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Louisiana Red,
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Eddie C. Campbell, Hubert Sumlin, R. L.
Burnside, Magic Slim, Big Jack Johnson, Corey Harris Ali Farka Toure,
Gov't Mule
"Come
On in My Kitchen" Robert Johnson recorded the song on November 23, 1936 at the Gunter
Hotel in San Antonio, Texas - his first recording session
Jo Ann Kelly, Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Patti Smith,
Rory Block, George Harrison, Delaney and Bonnie (feat. Duane Allman),
Keb' Mo', Chris Thomas King
"Crosscut
Saw" The song was first released in 1941 by Mississippi bluesman Tommy
McClennan
Albert
King, Carey Bell and Lurrie Bell, Lonnie Brooks, R. L. Burnside, Big
Walter Horton, Homesick James, Otis Rush, Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Johnson,
Johnny B. Moore, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton
"Crossroads"
B,G,R Robert Johnson; released on a 78 rpm record in 1936 by Vocalion
Records
Homesick James, Honeyboy Edwards, Johnny Shines, Hound Dog Taylor, Big
Joe Williams, Smokey Wilson, Eddie Taylor, Cream, Eric Clapton, Free,
Rush, John Mayer, Lynyrd Skynyrd
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"Driftin' Blues" B,R Written and first recorded in 1940 by Johnny Moore's Three
Blazers
Charles Brown, Bobby Blue Bland, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins,
Albert King, Eric Clapton, Earl Hooker, Paul Butterfield, Amos Milburn,
Johnny Dyer, Snooks Eaglin, Paul Oscher, Ray Charles, Jason Ricci
"Driving
Wheel" recorded by Roosevelt Sykes (listed as "The Honey Dripper"
on early singles) in 1936
Junior Parker, Little Johnny Taylor, Luther Allison, Buddy Guy, Etta
James, Syl Johnson, Albert King, B.B. King, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Mighty
Joe Young, Lucky Peterson, Paul Butterfield, Earl Hooker, Junior Wells,
Big Jack Johnson, Clarence Edwards
"Dust
My Broom" B,R,G Robert Johnson; released on a 78 rpm record in 1936 by Vocalion
Records
Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Howlin' Wolf, Robert Nighthawk,
Luther Allison, R. L. Burnside, Earl Hooker, J. B. Hutto, B.B. King,
Robert Jr. Lockwood, Taj Mahal, Hound Dog Taylor, Albert King, Buddy
Guy, Fleetwood Mac, Ike & Tina Turner, Dr. Feelgood, ZZ Top
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"Early in the Mornin' (Ain't Got Nothing but the Blues)" recorded by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five in 1947
Champion Jack Dupree, Snooky Prior, Mel Brown, Clarence "Gatemouth"
Brown, B.B. King, William Clarke, Corey Harris, Buddy Guy, Ray Charles,
Harry Nilsson
"Early
in the Morning ('Bout the Break of Day)" recorded by John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson in 1937
Junior Wells, Tampa Red, Speckled Red, Charlie Musselwhite, Muddy Waters,
Eric Clapton, Kim Wilson, B.B. King, Johnny Jones, Billy Boy Arnold,
Johnny Young
"Every
Day I Have the Blues" G aka "Nobody Loves Me" written Pinetop Sparks and his brother Marion in 1935, and first
recorded that same year by Pinetop
Memphis Slim, Lowell Fulson, B.B. King, Joe Williams, Count Basie, Robert
Jr. Lockwood, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Snooks Eaglin, Elmore James,
James Cotton, Otis Rush, Santana, Albert King, John Mayer, Eric Clapton,
Long John Baldry
Lonnie Mack, Eric Clapton, Johnny Copeland, Earl Gaines, Magic Sam,
Magic Slim, Little Sonny Jones, Lucky Peterson, Earl Hooker, Anson Funderburgh
"Five
Long Years" written and recorded by blues vocalist/pianist Eddie Boyd in 1952
Bobby "Blue" Bland, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Junior Parker,
Luther Allison, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker, Freddie King, Lazy Lester,
Memphis Slim, Junior Wells, John Littlejohn, Mighty Joe Young, Long
John Baldry, Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson, Ike and Tina Turner, Buddy
Guy
"Forty-Four"
a blues standard whose origins have been traced back to early 1920s
Louisiana
Roosevelt Sykes provided the lyrics and it wasfirst recorded it in 1929
James Wiggins, Howlin' Wolf, Mose Vinson, Memphis Slim, Smokey Wilson,
Eddie Shaw, R. L. Burnside, Hound Dog Taylor, Johnny Winter, Derek Trucks
Band
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"Goin' Down Slow" B St. Louis Jimmy Oden, recorded in Chicago on November 11, 1941
Howlin' Wolf, Guitar Slim, Memphis Slim, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee,
Muddy Waters, Bobby Blue Bland, B.B. King, Duane Allman, Snooks Eaglin,
Champion Jack Dupree, J. B. Hutto, Long John Baldry, Free, Eric Clapton
Smokey Hogg, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, John Lee Hooker, James Cotton,
Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Doctor Ross, Ten Years
After, Greatful Dead, Derek Trucks Band
"Got
My Mojo Working" B,G,R is a 1956 song written by Preston Foster and first recorded by Ann
Cole
Muddy Waters, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, James Cotton, Etta
James, B.B. King, Otis Rush, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, George "Harmonica"
Smith, The Aces, Pinetop Perkins, Long John Baldry, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy
Rogers
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"Help Me" B
first recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson II in 1963
Charlie Musselwhite, Luther Allison, James Cotton, Buddy Guy, Melvin
Taylor, Junior Wells, Billy Branch, Magic Slim, Little Mack Simmons,
Johnny B. Moore, John Mayall, Paul Butterfield, Ten Years After
"Hide
Away" B,G,R First recorded in 1960 by Freddie King
Hound Dog Taylor, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, King Curtis, Cornell Dupree,
Lonnie Brooks, Hollywood Fats, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Magic Slim, Luther
Allison, Snooks Eaglin, Boogie Bill Webb
"(I'm
Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" B,G,R written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1954
in Chicago
Willie Dixon, Junior Wells, Luther Allison, James Cotton, Buddy Guy,
John Littlejohn, Chick Willis, Magic Sam, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix,
The Allman Brothers Band, Steppenwolf, Jeff Healey
"Hound
Dog" B,G,R
written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally recorded by
Willie Mae "Big
Mama Thornton in 1952
Junior Wells, Etta James, Albert King, Koko Taylor, Eddie Clearwater,
Eric Clapton, Big Time Sarah, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix
"How
Long Blues" recorded by the American blues duo Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell
in 1928
Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lonnie Donegan, Lou Rawls, Jorma
Kaukonen, Grateful Dead, Pinetop Perkins, Eric Clapton
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"I Can't Quit You Baby" B I Can't Quit You Baby is a blues song written by Willie Dixon. The
song was first recorded by Chicago blues singer Otis Rush in 1956. It
was the very first song that Rush recorded and it became an instant
hit.
Willie Dixon, Little Milton, Luther Allison, James Cotton, John Mayall,
John Lee Hooker, Magic Sam, Mighty Joe Young, Led Zeppelin, Fabulous
Thunderbirds, Gary Moore
"I'm
Ready" B I'm Ready is written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Muddy
Waters in 1954
Muddy Waters, Carey Bell, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Hubert Sumlin, Otis
Spann, Albert King, Freddie King, Kenny Neal, The Red Devils, Luther
'Guitar Junior' Johnson, The Blues Brothers
"It
Hurts Me Too" aka "When Things Go Wrong" First recorded in 1940 by American blues musician Tampa Red
Freddy King, Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy, Stick McGhee, Brownie McGhee,
Junior Wells, Elmore James, Lowell Fulson, Eric Clapton, Hound Dog Taylor,
Kenny Neal, Foghat, Luther Allison, Little Milton
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"Just a Little Bit" "Just a Little Bit" is an R&B-style blues song recorded
by Rosco Gordon in 1959. It was a hit in both the R&B and pop charts
Rosco Gordon, Magic Sam, Little Milton, Billy Boy Arnold, Eddie Clearwater,
Freddie King, Charlie Musselwhite, Fenton Robinson, Billy Branch, Buddy
Guy, B.B. King, Eddie "Guitar" Burns
"Juke"
harmonica instrumental recorded by the Chicago bluesman Little Walter
Jacobs in 1952
Little Walter, Big Walter Horton, James Cotton, Billy Boy Arnold, Paul
Butterfield,
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"Kansas City" G,R rhythm and blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in
1952. First recorded by Little Willie Littlefield the same year, the
song later became a #1 hit when it was recorded by Wilbert Harrison
in 1959.
Little Willie Littlefield, Wilbert Harrison, Hank Ballard & the
Midnighters, Memphis Slim, Albert King, J. B. Hutto, Muddy Waters, James
Brown, Hound Dog Taylor, Hollywood Fats, Johnnie Johnson, Melvin Taylor,
The Jackson 5, Little Richard, The Beatles
"Key
to the Highway" B "Key to the Highway" is a blues standard that has been
performed and recorded by several blues and other artists. Blues pianist
Charlie Segar first recorded the song in 1940
Charlie Segar, Jazz Gillum, Big
Bill Broonzy, Little Walter, Lightnin' Hopkins, Luther
Allison, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, B.B King with Eric Clapton, Brownie
McGhee, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Johnnie Johnson, Memphis Slim, Derek
and the Dominos
"Killing
Floor" B "Killing Floor" is a 1964 song by American blues singer-songwriter
and guitarist Howlin' Wolf. Called "one of the defining classics
of Chicago electric blues"
Howlin' Wolf, Albert King, Fenton Robinson, R. L. Burnside, J. B. Hutto,
Otis Rush, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials, Hubert Sumlin, Big Jack
Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Pappo
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"Little Red Rooster"
R "Little Red Rooster" (or "The Red Rooster" as
it was first titled) is a blues standard credited to arranger and songwriter
Willie Dixon. The song was first recorded in 1961 by American blues
musician Howlin' Wolf in the Chicago blues style.
Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon,
Sam Cooke, Luther Allison, Lucky Peterson, Otis Rush, Big Mama Thornton,
Junior Wells, Etta James, Lurrie Bell, Big Time Sarah, The Rolling Stones,
The Doors
"Look
on Yonder Wall" "Look on Yonder Wall", or "Get Ready to Meet Your
Man" as it was first named, is a blues song first recorded in 1945
by James "Beale Street" Clark. Clark, also known as "Memphis
Jimmy", was a blues pianist from Memphis, Tennessee.
Te horen is de versie van Elmore James
Jazz Gillum, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Elmore James, Junior
Wells, Junior Parker, Johnny Copeland, Freddie King, J. B. Hutto, Anson
Funderburgh, Chick Willis, Paul Butterfield
"(You
Gotta) Love Her with a Feeling" "You've Got to Love Her with a Feeling", or "Love
with a Feeling" as it was originally titled, is a blues song first
recorded by Tampa Red in 1938.
Tampa Red, Tommy McClennan, Brownie McGhee, Johnny Copeland, Buddy Guy,
Freddie King, Junior Wells, Little Johnny Jones, Paul Butterfield, Johnny
Winter with Muddy Waters, Taj Mahal
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"Mannish Boy" B,R aka "I'm a Man" Mannish Boy" (or "Manish Boy" as it was originally
titled) is a blues standard by Muddy Waters. First recorded in 1955,
the song is both an arrangement of and an "answer song" to
Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man"
Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Magic Slim, Kenny Neal, Willie "Big Eyes"
Smith, Lazy Lester, Otis Rush, Paul Butterfield, The Mannish Boys, Jimi
Hendrix, The Yardbirds
"Mean
Old World" "Mean Old World" is a blues song recorded by American
blues electric guitar musician T-Bone Walker in 1942.[1] It has been
described (along with the single's B-side) as "the first important
blues recordings on the electric guitar"
T-Bone Walker, Walter Brown, Little Walter, Snooks Eaglin, Otis Rush,
John Littlejohn, B.B. King, Willie Cobbs, James Cotton, Duane Allman
and Eric Clapton, Lowell Fulson, Luther Tucker, George "Mojo"
Buford, Canned Heat
"My
Babe" B "My Babe" is a Chicago blues song and a blues standard
written by Willie Dixon for Little Walter. Released in 1955 on Checker
Records, a subsidiary of Chess Records, the song was the only Dixon
composition ever to become a number one R&B single and it was one
of the biggest hits of either of their careers
Little Walter, Willie Dixon, Billy Boy Arnold, James Cotton, Junior
Wells, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Walter Horton, Albert King, Luther Allison,
Mississippi Fred McDowell, George "Harmonica" Smith
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"Night Time Is the Right Time" "Night Time Is the Right Time" or "The Right Time"
is a rhythm and blues song recorded by American musician Nappy Brown
in 1957.
Roosevelt Sykes, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, Nappy Brown, Ray
Charles, Rufus and Carla, John Lee Hooker, Etta James, Johnny Copeland,
Creedence Clearwater Revival
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"Reconsider Baby" B,R "Reconsider Baby" is a blues song written and recorded
by Lowell Fulson in 1954. Performed in the West Coast blues style, it
was Fulson's first record chart hit for Checker Records, a subsidiary
of Chess Records.
Lowell Fulson, Bobby Blue Bland, Lonnie Brooks, Earl Hooker, Eric Clapton,
Lurrie Bell and Billy Branch, Al King, Freddie King, John Littlejohn,
Willie Cobbs, Joe Bonamassa, Elvis Presley
"Rock
Me Baby" "Rock Me Baby" is a blues standard that has become one
of the most recorded blues songs of all time. It originated as "Rockin'
and Rollin'", a 1951 song by Lil' Son Jackson, itself inspired
by earlier blues.
Lil' Son Jackson, Blue Cheer, Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, B.B. King,
James Cotton, Freddie King, Luther Allison, Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Hopkins,
Etta James, Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson, Hound Dog Taylor, Big Mama
Thornton, Chick Willis, Jimmy Rogers, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Otis
Redding, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Rolling Stones with AC/DC,
The Doors
"Rollin'
and Tumblin'" "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (or "Roll and Tumble Blues")
is a blues song first recorded by American singer/guitarist Hambone
Willie Newbern in 1929. Called a "great Delta blues classic"
Hambone Willie Newbern, Robert Johnson, Baby Face Leroy and Little Walter,
Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Lurrie Bell, R. L. Burnside, Memphis Slim,
Big Joe Williams, Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton, Cream, Canned
Heat
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"See See Rider"G aka "C. C. Rider" R "See See Rider", also known as "C.C. Rider",
"See See Rider Blues" or "Easy Rider", is a popular
American 12-bar blues song, originally recorded by Gertrude "Ma"
Rainey in 1924. The song uses mostly traditional blues lyrics to tell
the story of an unfaithful lover, commonly called an easy rider.
Ma Rainey, Bea Booze, Lead Belly, Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy,
Ray Charles, Chuck Willis, Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi John Hurt,
John Lee Hooker, Otis Spann, B.B. King, Clarence "Gatemouth"
Brown, Elvis Presley, Satan and Adam, Janis Joplin
"Shake
Your Moneymaker" R "Shake Your Moneymaker" or "Shake Your Money Maker"
is a song recorded by Elmore James in 1961 that has become a blues standard.
Elmore James, Paul Butterfield, John Littlejohn, Jimmy Rogers, Big Jack
Johnson, Carey Bell, Fleetwood Mac, George Thorogood
"She
Caught the Katy" "She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)" is
a blues standard written by Taj Mahal and James Rachell. The song was
first recorded for Taj Mahal's 1968 album The Natch'l Blues, and is
one of Mahal's most famous tunes.
Taj Mahal, Albert King, James Taylor The Blues Brothers
"Sitting
on Top of the World" B,G "Sitting on Top of the World" (also "Sittin' on Top
of the World") is a country blues song written by Walter Vinson
and Lonnie Chatmon. They were core members of the Mississippi Sheiks,
who first recorded it in 1930. Vinson claimed to have composed the song
one morning after playing at a white dance in Greenwood, Mississippi
Mississippi Sheiks, Big Bill Broonzy, Lonnie Johnson, Ray Charles, Howlin'
Wolf, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Taj Mahal, Memphis Slim, Hubert
Sumlin, Eddie Shaw, B.B. King, Cream, Doc Watson
"The
Sky Is Crying" B "The Sky Is Crying" is a blues standard written and initially
recorded by Elmore James in 1959. Called "one of his most durable
compositions"
Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Matt Murphy, Hound Dog Taylor,
Little Walter, Albert King, Luther Allison, Earl Hooker, Lightnin' Slim,
Magic Slim, George Thorogood, J. B. Hutto, Etta James, Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Smokestack
Lightning" B,G,R "Smokestack Lightning" (also "Smoke Stack Lightning"
or "Smokestack Lightnin'") is a blues song recorded by Howlin'
Wolf in 1956. It became one of his most popular and influential songs.
It is based on earlier blues songs,
Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds,
John Mayer, The Animals, The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, The Who, The
Electric Prunes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Soundgarden, Widespread Panic, Lester
Butler, Quicksilver Messenger Service, George Thorogood, The Wailers,
The Morlocks
"Spoonful"
B,R "Spoonful" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and
first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf. Called "a stark and haunting
work", it is one of Dixon's best known and most interpreted songs.
Howlin' Wolf, Adam Green[disambiguation needed], Alexis Korner, Bo Diddley,
Booker T. & the MG's, Climax Chicago Blues Band, Cream, Dana Gillespie,
Dion, Etta James, Jack Bruce, Leslie West, The Pretty Things, Ron Wood,
Salty Dog, Ten Years After,The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Shadows
of Knight, The Blues Project, John Hammond, Koko Taylor, Delbert McClinton,
James Blood Ulmer, Canned Heat, Jose Feliciano
"Stormy
Monday" B,G,R
"Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" (commonly
referred to as "Stormy Monday") is a song written and
recorded by American blues electric guitar pioneer T-Bone Walker. It
is a slow twelve-bar blues performed in the West Coast blues-style that
features Walker's smooth, plaintive vocal and distinctive guitar work.
T-Bone Walker,
Bobby Blue Bland, Junior Wells, Albert Collins, Elmore James, Albert
King, B.B. King, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Etta James, Eddie Clearwater,
Big Time Sarah, Little Milton, the Allman Brothers Band, Gary Moore
"Sugar
Mama" "Sugar Mama" or "Sugar Mama Blues" is a song
that is a standard of the blues. Called a "tautly powerful slow
blues" by music journalist Charles Shaar Murray, it has been recorded
by numerous artists, including early Chicago bluesman Tampa Red.
Tampa Red, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Tommy McClennan, Peetie Wheatstraw,
Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Billy Boy Arnold, Lightnin' Hopkins,
Big Walter Horton, B. B. King, Paul Oscher
"Sweet
Home Chicago" B,R "Sweet Home Chicago" is a blues standard first recorded
by Robert Johnson in 1936. Although he is often credited as the songwriter,
several songs have been identified as precedents.
Kokomo Arnold, Robert Johnson, Roosevelt Sykes, Junior Parker, Magic
Sam, Luther Allison, Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson, Freddie King, Buddy
Guy, Eric Clapton, The Blues Brothers, U.S. President Barack Obama sang
the first verse with Buddy Guy and B.B. King at the White House "Red,
White, and Blues" TV presentation on PBS.
"Sweet
Little Angel" R aka "Black Angel Blues" B "Black Angel Blues", also known as "Sweet Black Angel"
or "Sweet Little Angel", is a blues standard that has been
recorded by numerous blues and other artists. The song was first recorded
in 1930 by Lucille Bogan, one of the classic female blues singers.
Lucille Bogan, Tampa Red, Robert Nighthawk, B.B. King, Doctor Ross,
Luther Allison, Lurrie Bell, Billy Branch, Lonnie Brooks, Buddy Guy,
Etta James, Magic Sam, Otis Rush
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"That's All Right" "That's All Right"or "That's Alright" is a blues
song adapted by Chicago blues singer and guitarist Jimmy Rogers. He
recorded it in 1950 with Little Walter on harmonica.
Jimmy
Rogers, Robert Nighthawk, James Cotton,
Lazy Lester, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Freddie King, Little Milton,
Louis Myers, Johnny Copeland, Etta James, Junior Parker, Anson Funderburgh
"The
Things That I Used to Do" B,R "The Things That I Used to Do" is a 12-bar blues song
written by Guitar Slim. He recorded it in New Orleans, where the young
Ray Charles arranged and produced the session. Specialty Records released
the song as a single in 1953
Guitar Slim, Albert Collins, Lowell Fulson, Little Milton, James Brown,
Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Lonnie Brooks,
John Lee Hooker
"The
Thrill Is Gone" "The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key blues song written
by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins'
recording of the song reached number six in the Billboard R&B chart
in 1951.
Roy Hawkins, B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, Little Milton, Leslie West,
Stan Webb, Luther Allison, Manhattan Transfer, Barbara Mandrell, Dishwalla,
Diamanda Galas, Jerry Garcia, Harry Manx, Willie Nelson, Mary Coughlan,
Marshall Tucker Band, Pappo, Buckethead, and others
"Travelling
Riverside Blues"
"Travelling Riverside Blues" is a blues song written by the
bluesman Robert Johnson. He recorded it on June 20, 1937, in Dallas,
Texas, during his last recording session.
Robert Johnson, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Hindu Love Gods
"Trouble
in Mind" "Trouble in Mind" is a vaudeville blues-style song written
by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones. It became an early blues standard,
with numerous renditions by a variety of musicians. Although singer
Thelma La Vizzo with Jones on piano first recorded the song in 1924,
Bertha "Chippie" Hill popularized the song with her 1926 recording
with Jones and trumpeter Louis Armstrong.
Richard M. Jones, Bertha "Chippie" Hill, Georgia White, Victoria
Spivey, Dinah Washington, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Lightnin'
Hopkins, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Carrie Smith, Jerry Lee Lewis and
Eric Clapton
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"Walkin' Blues" "Walkin' Blues" or "Walking Blues" is a blues
standard written and recorded by American Delta blues musician Son House
in 1930. Although unissued at the time, it was part of House's repertoire
and other musicians, including Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, adapted
the song and recorded their own versions.
Son House, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, R. L. Burnside, Paul Butterfield,
Honeyboy Edwards, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Taj Mahal, Eric Clapton, Roy
Rogers
"Worried
Life Blues" B,G aka "Trouble No More" "Worried Life Blues" is a blues standard and one of the
most recorded blues songs of all time. Originally recorded by Big Maceo
Merriweather in 1941.
Sleepy John Estes, Big Maceo, Charles Brown, Muddy Waters, John Lee
Hooker, B.B. King, Little Walter, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Junior
Wells, Lowell Fulson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Nina Simone, Mississippi Fred
McDowell, Clutch, Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers Band .
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"You Don't Love Me Baby" "You Don't Love Me" is a rhythm and blues-influenced blues
song recorded by American musician Willie Cobbs in 1960. Adapted from
Bo Diddley's 1959 song "She's Fine She's Mine", it is Cobbs'
best-known song
The Allman Brothers Band, Bo Diddley, Willie Cobbs, Junior Wells, Magic
Sam, Albert King, Otis Rush, Luther Allison, Smokey Wilson, Eddie Taylor,
Big Time Sarah, Clarence Edwards
"You
Shook Me" "You Shook Me" is a 1962 blues song recorded by Chicago
blues artist Muddy Waters. It features his vocal in unison with a slide-guitar
melody by Earl Hooker.
Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Led Zeppelin